Chromodoris albolimbata

Chromodoris albolimbata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Chromodoris
Species:	C. albolimbata
Binomial name
Chromodoris albolimbata Bergh, 1907[1]

Chromodoris albolimbata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected at 37 m depth off Sebastian Bluff (Saint Sebastian Point), near Stilbaai, South Africa.[1]

Description

The description of the external appearance of this species is brief and it may be impossible to recognise it. The description reads "The colour clear reddish-white, the brim of the back chalk-white". The specimen was 15 mm in length.[1]

References

1. Bergh, L.S.R. 1907. The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14, page 55, plate VI. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1).
2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Chromodoris albolimbata Bergh, 1907. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-20